LFBP April 2015 IX Flashcards

1
Q

pound (animal)

A

la fourrière

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2
Q
a scale (of a fish, scaly skin)
to scale
A

une écaille

écailler

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3
Q

amazing

to be amazed

A

épatant

être épate

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4
Q

offshore

off the coast of

A

au large

au large de

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5
Q

it’s not going well (at all)

A

Ça ne va plus (du tout)

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6
Q

to break up

A

se séparer

quitter

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7
Q

you simply have to….. (2)

you simply have to call jean

A

il suffit de
tu n’as que
Il suffit d’appeler jean
tu n’as qu’à appeler Jean

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8
Q

difference dessous and sous

au-dessous de?

A

NONE both mean below
au-dessous de: relation to another object
le crayon est au-dessous de la lampe

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9
Q

to give into

he always gives into the wishes of his boss

A

se plier à quelque chose

Il se plie toujours aux volontés de son chef.

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10
Q

marianne and i spoke about it in depth

A

marianne et MOI en avons discuté à fond

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11
Q

for once, no one was thinking of themselves

one has to make the decision himself

A

pour une fois, personne ne songeait à soi

on doit prendre la décision soi-même

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12
Q

you have to talk to the person who is responsible for administration

A

il faut que vous adressiez à celui qui est responsable de l’administration

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13
Q

that one just came out of the oven (an apple pie)

A

celle-là sort directement du four (la tarte aux pommes)

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14
Q

here’s your key, give me back mine

A

voici ta clé, rends-moi la mienne

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15
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you can’t take those, they don’t belong to us. they are theirs

A

tu ne peux pas prendre ceux-là. ce ne sont pas à nous. ce sont les leurs

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16
Q

le sien also can mean one’s family in addition to his/her

A

on travaille pour le sien

17
Q

try as i might
try as i might to explain, he didn’t understand
try as i might to learn my lessons i forgot it all the next day

A

avoir beau+ infinitive, counter sentence (NO linking)
J’avais beau lui expliquer, il ne comprenait pas
J’ai beau apprendre mes leçons, le lendemain j’ai tout oublié

18
Q

schedule

my schedule is totally changed

A

le planning

Mon planning a été complètement modifié

19
Q

how did that happen?

A

Comment ça s’est fait?

20
Q

to postpone

the supplier just called me to tell me our meeting is postponed until tomorrow

A

reporter

le fournisseur vient de m’appeler pour reporter notre réunion à demain

21
Q

to tackle/handle something?

how would you go about doing it?

A

s’y prendre

comment s’y prendre?

22
Q
apart from (3)
aside from dessert everything else was anticipated
A

hormis
sauf
en dehors de
Hormis le dessert, ils ont tout prévu.

23
Q

coach (2)

referee

A

un entraîneur
un coach
un arbitre

24
Q

in this regard…

A

à cet égard (NOT dans cet égard)

25
Q

i’ll play the clip

A

je vais mettre le video/clip en route

26
Q

happiness

A

le bonheur

27
Q

difference between un gros fumeur vs un fumeur gros

un ancien élève vs un élève ancien?

A

gros fumeur= heavy smoker
un fumeur gros= a fat smoker
-usually if adjective precedes noun….it contributes to the meaning of the word itself
-ancien élève= former student

28
Q

middle age

une drôle histoire vs une histoire drôle

A

un certain âge
une drôle histoire= an odd story
une histoire drôle= funny story

29
Q

the first two weeks

the last 700 euros

A

les deux premières semaines
numbers come first (** except for complex numbers)
les derniers sept cents euros

30
Q

difference j’ai une heure de libre vs j’ai une heure libre

there were 10 soldiers injured (imply only those 10 injured)

A

DE connotes it’s the only one: i have only one hour free

il y avait dix soldats de blessés

31
Q

some indefinite expressions can have adjectives. connect them with DE. invariable
something good
someone interesting
nothing easier

A

quelque chose de bon
quelqu’un d’intéressant
rien de plus facile

32
Q

EASY to convert an adjective to noun….just add articles
the most annoying thing…
the important thing
the big ones

A

le plus énervant
l’important
les grands

33
Q

point of adding diaresis ë

aiguë

A

it tells you to pronounce U

otherwise aigue would be like aig

34
Q

Some masculine/feminine changes in french change spelling but prononciation is same
absolute

A

absolu/absolue

ambigu/ambiguë

35
Q

Some masculine/feminine adjectives change prononciation

-cooked

A

cuit/cuite

36
Q

Some masculine/feminine adjective add double consonant
low
cute
thick

A

bas/basse
coquet/coquette
épais/épaisse

37
Q

Some masculine/feminine turn nasal sound to oral vowel

infant like

A

enfantin/enfantine

38
Q
some masculine/feminine just weird
fresh
false
flattering
benign
A

frais/fraîche
faux/fausse
flatteur/flatteuse
bénin/bénigne

39
Q

gentle
soft
red head

A

doux/douce
mou/molle
roux/rousse